Hotel Parque 97 Bogota
Calle 97 No 19-15 Bogota, Colombia
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Bogota a city of contrasts
... it is a city of contrasts and there is some serious
poverty and some serious wealth. i was very fortunate that the weather
was a heat wave of 20 deg cel everyday i was there (yep i got the
sunburn on the bike tour to prove it) and no rain despite the fact that
up to the day i arrived, it had been raining constantly and there was
much flooding in the south of the city
Next stop the Caribbean islands of San Andres and ...
A slice of volunteering
... hebben dus het wordt best koud binnen.
Rijden in Bogota.. wow de stad lijt op het eerste gezicht heel makkelijk uitgelegd, alle straten zijn genummerd en alle avenues ook. Wij zitten op de 70e straat en de 4e avenue, makkelijk, maaaaaar straten lopen kriskras door elkaar, je hebt bijvoorbeeld ook nog diagonalen en extra straten tussendoor, zoals straat 71 en 71N. Rijden is nog vreemder, pff elke taxirit die in van die ...
Bogota Rocks!
... from their cameras to share with me.
I am staying in a great hostel where I have met a lot of good people, but they all seem to come and go a lot more than me, and it's tiring to make new friends every few days. I also am craving some nature again, so I am headed to San Gil tomorrow morning. It is an outdoorsy town with lots of hiking, riverrafting, biking, and SUN! I will be taking another spanish course there I think, ...
Bogged Down
... even made a debut one day.
On our first real day in Bogota we did a bike tour about the city with Fernando from Bogotours. He was awesome, a little hard to understand at time and a little nervewrecking with his total disregard for the danger of traffic. I almost got clean swiped off my bike riding in front of busses and down the wrong side of the road but it was all part of the experience. We went via a little booth where we were promised to try the best cocktail ...
The Last Leg
... were constantly under scrutiny all before getting o the gates. Once we were sitting at the gate we were again asked to leave and then be rescreened by security right there. The only thing left was a body-cavity search, but apparently we lucked out and missed that (though Kim came close!) Somehow I never got called out on the ariquipe (caramel-style desert) in my bag, though Miguel was asked to dump his. Eventually we got on our plane, in our seats and were free of the ...



